Korean Central TV (DPRK)

Korean Central Television, is a state television station from the DPRK or more commonly known as North Korea.

KCTV broadcasts news reports, shows on education, culture, economic affairs, cartoons and various other content.

KCTV broadcasts from 17:00 to 22:30 local time Monday through Saturday and 9:00 to
22:30 on Sundays, broadcast times mirror Sundays on key national holidays.

KCTV broadcasts on VHF Channel 12 with 700 KW's of power in the capital Pyongyang but also has various transmitters in other parts of the country.

Television broadcasting in the DPRK began on March 3^rd 1963, and colour using the PAL system was introduced in April of 1974.

KCTV can be watched internationally on Thaicom 5 at 78.5°E satellite, broadcasting on satellite began in October of 1999.

The Video

First of we see KCTV's unique test card which seems to have many characteristics of the PM5544 which is used all round the world.

Before the start of the normal day the Voice of Korea interval signal is played with the test pattern, to hear the interval signal click play below.



Then into the video itself, it starts with a beautiful zooming in shot of I think is Baekdu Mountain and The National Anthem is playing.

Then a panning shot of Heaven Lake on the Chinese North Korean border, Heaven Lake a lake formed by the volcanic Baekdu Mountain.

Then the Flag of the DPRK is placed over the video.

Video then turns into the flag totally and notice the flag is flying right-to-left.

Then the Chollima Statue appears, the Chollima is a mythical flying horse similar to Pegasus and this statue stands for the heroism and invincible fighting spirit of the Korean people it is located in Pyongyang.

Then what I think translated to Korean Central Television is written in Korean characters.

Finally a staff announcer welcomes us to the new broadcast day.

Sorry for the poor sound quality of the audio, this was out of my control.

Hope you all enjoy...